François Rozenthal

François Rozenthal
Date of birth	June 20, 1975
place of birth	Dunkerque , France
size	177 cm
Weight	77 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
until 1994	Corsaires de Dunkerque
1994-1996	Flammes Bleues de Reims
1996-1997	Club des patineurs lyonnais
1997-2001	Gothiques d'Amiens
2001-2002	IF Björklöven
2002-2007	Gothiques d'Amiens
2007-2009	Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz
since 2009	Corsaires de Dunkerque

François Rozenthal (born June 20, 1975 in Dunkerque ) is a French ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Corsaires de Dunkerque in the third division 2 division since 2009 . His twin brother Maurice is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

François Rozenthal began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of the Corsaires de Dunkerque , for whose professional team he was active from 1992 to 1994 in Division 1 , the second French division. Then the winger played for two years for the Flammes Bleues de Reims in the Ligue Magnus and received during this period in the 1995/96 season the trophy Jean-Pierre Graff as Rookie of the Year of the Ligue Magnus. He then played for a year for Reims' league rivals Club des patineurs lyonnais . In the summer of 1997 he signed a contract with the Gothiques d'Amiens , with whom he became French champions for the first time in the 1998/99 season .

For the 2001/02 season Rozenthal moved to IF Björklöven from HockeyAllsvenskan , the second Swedish division. With his team he failed in the Kvalserien on promotion to the Elitserien . During the season, the Frenchman scored a total of 15 goals and provided eleven assists in 52 games. He then returned to his ex-club Gothiques d'Amiens, with whom he was French champion again in 2004. In the following years he was one of the best players in Ligue Magnus, in whose All-Star Team he was selected several times. From 2007 to 2009 he was on the ice for the first division side Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz . Since then, he has been back in his hometown for the Corsaires de Dunkerque, who have now been relegated to third-class Division 2, and where he has been team captain since the 2010/11 season.

International

For France , Rozenthal took part in the junior division of the U18 Junior B European Championships in 1992 and 1993 and the U20 Junior B World Championship in 1994 . In the senior division for France, he took part in the B World Championships in 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2006 and 2007 and the A World Championships in 1996 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2004 , 2008 and 2009 . In addition, he was in the squad of his country at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and 2002 in Salt Lake City and in the qualifiers for the 2002 Winter Olympics, in 2006 and 2010 .

Achievements and Awards

1996 Trophée Jean-Pierre Graff 1999 French champion with the Gothiques d'Amiens 2004 French champion with the Gothiques d'Amiens 2004 Charles Ramsey Trophy 2005 Ligue Magnus Second All-Star Team

2006 Ligue Magnus Third All-Star Team 2007 Ligue Magnus Third All-Star Team 2008 Ligue Magnus Third All-Star Team 2009 Ligue Magnus First All-Star Team

International

• 2003 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I.
• 2007 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I.

HockeyAllsvenskan statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	1	44	11	11	22nd	18th
Kvalseries	1	8th	4th	0	4th	0

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• François Rozenthal at hockeydb.com (English)
• François Rozenthal at eurohockey.com
• François Rozenthal at eliteprospects.com (English)